Emory Faculty
Emory Faculty
David A Schulman, MD
Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Sleep Medicine
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Campus
5673 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Fl 5, Atlanta, GA 30342 +1 More LocationsAbout
Dr. David Schulman is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale and his medical degree from Johns Hopkins, followed by Internal Medicine residency at the University of Rochester. During his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Boston University, he obtained additional training in Sleep Medicine and performed research in sleep epidemiology using data from the Framingham Heart Study.
He moved to Atlanta to join the Emory faculty in 2001 as a clinician educator. From 2001 through 2015, he served as medical director of the Emory Sleep Laboratory; while his clinical practice initially incorporated components of both pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, his current clinical focus is on the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders as part of the Emory Sleep Center.
From the beginning of his career, Dr. Schulman has taken an active role in the training of pulmonary and critical care medicine fellows, having taken over the role of Training Program Director in 2006. Dr. Schulman currently serves as Associate Division Director for Education. He directs the undergraduate medical curricula in both evidence-based medicine and pulmonary disease, and serves on a number of institutional committees related to education, including the Progress and Promotions Committee and the Executive Curriculum Committee of the School of Medicine.
Dr. Schulman has received numerous institutional teaching awards, including the Fellows Teaching Award from the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, two Golden Apple Award for Teaching from the Emory Internal Medicine Residency Program and the Dean’s Teaching Award from the School of Medicine. Extramurally, his work in education has been recognized with a Fellows Education Award from the American Thoracic Society and the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Dr. Schulman actively serves on a number of regional and national committees. He served as President of the Southeast Thoracic Association from 2011 through 2014. He served as President of the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors in 2013-2014. He is also actively involved in the American College of Chest Physicians, where he serves on the Board of Regents; he has previously served on the Education Committee, the Training and Transitions Committee and the Sleep SEEK Editorial Board. He was Program Chair for the CHEST 2018 International meeting in San Antonio, Texas. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief for Chest Physician.
Languages
- English
Emory Affiliation
- Emory Clinic - School of Medicine Faculty
- Emory Healthcare Network
- Emory Physician Group Practice
Academic Title
- Professor
Academic Profile
Year Started Practicing
- 2001
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Education
- Fellowship: Boston University Medical Center Hospital, Sleep Medicine, 2001
- Fellowship: Boston University Medical Center Hospital, Pulmonary/Critical Care Med, 2001
- Residency: Strong Mem Hosp of The Univ of Rochester - NY, Internal Medicine, 1998
- Internship: Strong Mem Hosp of The Univ of Rochester - NY, Internal Medicine, 1996
- Medical Education: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, 1995
Board Certifications
- Sleep Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2009
- Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2001
- Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2000
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1998
Awards
- Recognized as a "Best Doctor" by Atlanta Magazine annually since 2009
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
American College of Chest Physicians
Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors